CS 113

Syllabus

Introduction
What should I know?
Files (PDF) (PostScript)
Strings (PDF) (PostScript)
Functions: Basics (PDF) (PostScript)
Functions: Math (PDF) (PostScript)
Functions: Parameter passing and Overloading (PDF) (PostScript)
Basic Sorting and Searching (PDF) (PostScript)
Source files from Marathon source. An example of comments in game code.
- world.c Sample source file from Marathon source
- world.h Sample header file from Marathon source
- Marathon Open Source More about Marathon.

Bug of the month Problems with C++ compilers---Windows Developer Magazine (was Windows Developer's Journal).
Use Google to search for "Problems with double float". You will find a number of reasons why I don't use float.

Deitel & Associates, Inc. The authors of How to Program C++. This is a great book for people with little or no programming background.
Bjarne Stroustrup The original designer and implementor of C++. Links to his books and work.
C++ Program Design: An Introduction to Programming and Object-Oriented Design James P. Cohoon and Jack W. Davidson. Another good introductory text with Windows.
C++ Report A nearly monthly publication on C++.
Bjarne Stroustrup The C++ Programming Language (3rd edition). Addison Wesley Longman, Reading, MA 1997, ISBN 0-201-88954-4.
Brian Kernighan and Rob Pike, The Practice of Programming, Addison Wesley Longman, Reading, MA 1999, ISBN 0-201-61586-X.
Tom Cargill C++ Programming Style, Addison Wesley Longman, Reading, MA 1992, ISBN 0-201-56365-7.
Scott Meyers Effective C++ (2nd edition). Addison Wesley Longman, Reading, MA 1998, ISBN 0-201-92488-9.
Steve Teale C++ IOStreams Handbook, Addison Wesley Longman, Reading, MA 1993, ISBN 0-201-59641-5.
Timothy A. Budd Classic Data Structures in C++. Addison Wesley Longman, Reading, MA 1994, ISBN 0-201-50889-3.
Brian Kernighan and Dennis Ritchie, C Programming Language, 2/e Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ 1989, ISBN 0-13-110362-8.
On-line C++ FAQ
C++ FAQ (text)
C FAQ (text)